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I’ve got a few projects on the go at the moment. Things I don’t have time to do when I’m studying. Spring cleaning, catching up on the ironing. Things like that.

One of my projects is a spot of gardening. To start with last weekend I (with a bit of help from M&M and Kiki) repotted some plants we’d bought the weekend before at the garden shop. A lemon tree, an avocado tree, and a pink frangipani tree. I documented the whole experience with the digital camera, and here it is for your viewing pleasure.

This is what we started with:

They look a bit sad really . Kin and kids to the rescue though.

The kids collected gravel to go in the bottom of the pots in their wheelbarrow. Then we had to open the bag of potting mix (Hubby for some reason thought we’d need twice as much potting mix as we actually did).

We started off with the lemon tree

Then we planted the frangipani/stick

And finally the (very sick looking) avocado tree

And then I placed them around the garden in places where I’ll (hopefully) remember to water them

I really enjoy sitting out there in the mornings with a cup of tea reading or working on my paperwork. Sunday mornings I’ve taken to sitting outside with Emma going through our recipe books and magazines and doing the menu plan. It’s just perfect.

Unfortunately, during the moving process, I had an argument with the pot the avocado tree is in, and the pot won. But being the generous blogger that I am, I took a photo of my injury so you could all share my pain.

So there you go, an afternoon of gardening at Kin’s. It doesn’t happen often, which is why I documented it with photos.

I’ve got quite a few other projects on the go at the moment. I don’t know if they’ll be documented with photo’s to quite the same level, but I will definitely keep you updated with how I’m keeping myself busy during my break from uni.